Third, there is a very simple enzyme assay that can detect the presence of this gene in any chestnut tree, and thereby making blight tolerant trees easy to identify and follow in a restoration program ...

field testing chestnut trees, encouraging public participation through the identification of rare remnant surviving chestnut trees, collecting and exchanging viable nuts, and establishing large ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...